Archive:Cleave
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Cleave causes a melee unit's attacks to deal a percentage of its auto-attack damage to secondary units in a cone following the direction of the attack. Cleave does not hit the primary target. Cleave cannot miss when hitting secondary targets.
Cleave damage is applied to each unit individually and is not amplified or reduced by the damage the primary target had taken. Cleave damage itself is physical and does not affect ethereal units, wards, and buildings. Critical Strike will multiply the damage of cleave.
Multiple sources of cleave fully stack but operate independently from each other in their area. For example, a 500 radius cleave and a 250 radius cleave will deal their damage normally, but stack only in the intersecting area. Each cleave source causes its own instance of damage for the affected units. Each damage instance is reduced by Damage Block.
It is possible for a hero to have more than 100% cleave because the percentages stack additively. For example, 100% cleave + 35% cleave = 135% cleave. This results in cleaved units taking more damage than the initial target of the attack.
Talents
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6845, 6603, 6801, 7122, 7899, 7200, 6631, 6827, 7201, 455, 7124, 7670
special_bonus_cleave_15/20/25/30/35/40/60/100/130/140/150/175- Cleave damage has the following properties:
- It counts as spell damage. However, it has the following flags:
- No-spell-lifesteal flag, preventing its damage from utilizing spell lifesteal.
- No-spell-amplification flag, preventing its damage from being amplified with spell damage amplification.
- Cleave damage depends on the attack damage value of the cleaving unit, not on how much their primary attack target took. It is reduced by damage block.
- It counts as spell damage. However, it has the following flags:
- The complete cleave area is shaped like an isocseles trapezoid in front of the attacking unit.
- The following cleave damage values exist:
- 15%/20%/25%/30%/35%/40%/60%/100%/130%/140%/150%/175%
The following heroes have a 
talent that grants them cleave.
| Bonus | Level 10 | Level 15 | Level 20 | Level 25 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Right | Left | Right | Left | Right | Left | Right | |
| Cleave |
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Cleave Abilities
[edit]| Hero Abilities | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hero | Ability | Cleave Damage |
 Kunkka
|
 Tidebringer
|
150% |
 Sven
|
 Great Cleave
|
40% / 60% / 80% / 100% |
 Magnus
|
 Empower
|
16% / 24% / 32% / 40% |
| Item Abilities | ||
| Item | Ability | Cleave Damage |
 Battle Fury
|
 Cleave
|
70% / 40% against creeps (Melee Only) |